The News with Rick Sanchez - February 26, 2020 (20:00 ET)
Rick Sanchez breaks the news of a shooting at the Miller-Coors Brewing Company in Milwaukee, where a disgruntled former employee killed six coworkers and then himself. Then he catches us up on the coronavirus outbreak as it unfolds in Italy, Iran and the US.
Then RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports on how coronavirus is affecting foreign exchange programs in US universities and the CDC’s sounding the alarm about the spread of COVID-19 in the US. Then the Boom Bust host Christy Ai and investigative journalist Ben Swann join to discuss the outbreak’s impact on global markets and the broader issue of economic manipulation that informs their continuing plunge.
Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof weighs in on Turkey’s continuing involvement in Syria.
RT America’s Michele Greenstein reports on day three of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
RT producer Regina Ham reports on the retirement of tennis superstar Maria Sharapova.
Plus, Rick Sanchez responds to vain attempts to smear RT and RT America online.